Biotechnology High School
An IB World School
IB English HL: Year Two
Junior Year
 Let’s start with what you’ve already done as a little
review.
Part 4 – School’s Free Choice
 Four works (three Language A - Catcher,
Slaughterhouse, Cuckoo’s Nest - and one world lit
- The Stranger)
 Junior year - first semester
 IB Assessment = Individual Oral Presentation
(IOP) (15 minutes, during class)
 The IOP counts as 15% of your IB score for
English.
 You already did this! Yay!!
Part 2 – Detailed Study
 Four Language A1 works
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Prose (Gatsby)
Poetry (Dickinson and Plath)
Drama (Hamlet)
Prose nonfiction (Caged Bird)
 Junior year – second semester
 IB Assessment = Individual Oral Commentary (IOC) (15
minutes, one-on-one with teacher)
 IOC = 15% of IB grade
 You’re done with this, too! Hooray!
Senior Year
 On to the new parts you’ll be doing this year!!!
 I know you’re excited!
Part 1 – World Literature
 Three world lit works (Chronicle, Candide, A Doll’s
House)
 IB Assessment = two world lit papers (1,000-1,500
words each)
 WL1 = Comparison paper
 WL2 = Comparative study, creative, or detailed study
Part 1 - World Literature
 Let’s look at the WL assessments a little more
closely.
 WL 1 is a comparative study. What the heck does
that mean?
 It means you will need to compare literary aspects
common to works studied in Part 1.
WL 1
 I still don’t get it… what am I comparing?
 An example would be looking at how the
authors use food to develop characterization
(eating habits and food choices - what is the
author saying about the character by
describing what he eats, how much he eats,
when he eats, with whom he eats, etc.?).
WL 1
 What works can I use for this comparison paper?
 You can use Chronicle, Candide, and A Doll’s House,
but remember, I recommend only using two of
these.
WL 1
 Why only use two of the three works?
 Once you use a WL work for WL 1, you
CANNOT use it for WL 2.
 Each student must have a different topic.
That’s hard to do when people start using
three works.
 It’s hard to go into detail when talking about
three works. 1000-1500 words is not that
long (think 3-5 pages, double spaced).
WL 2
 You have three options for this paper.
 Comparative study - This is like WL 1, but
with different books
 Creative assignment - Think IOP, but written
and only on 1 or 2 works
 Detailed study - A formal essay, analysis of a
key passage, or commentary on an extract
(Think IOC, but written)
WL 2
 What works can I use for WL 2?
 A work you did not use for WL 1, The
Metamorphosis, or The Stranger - and in some
cases you can use works from last year or
Part 3, too.
 Don’t worry - we’ll talk more about this
when we get closer to this point.
WL 1 and WL 2
 How much do these count towards my IB grade?
 Each WL paper counts for 10%.
 Part One of the course makes up 20% of your IB
grade.
Part 3 – Groups of Works
 Four works – all of the same genre (the novel
is the genre we have chosen for BTHS)
 The Metamorphosis, A Passage to India, The
Color Purple, 1984
 IB Assessment = two written exams (May,
2009)
 Paper 1 = Unseen commentary
 Paper 2 = Analysis of work you’ve studied from
this part
Part 3
 How much are these exam papers worth?
 Together, the two papers are worth 50% of your
IB grade.
 You need to take them seriously.
 We’ll be doing lots of practice with annotating
passages for Paper 1 and we’ll use lit logs to
help with Paper 2.
 We’ll focus more on Part 3 when we’re done
with WL 1 and WL 2!
Yikes!
 I know you’re probably intimidated right
now.
 Keep in mind that both Ms. Lamp and I have
worked lots of practice into both years of
this IB course.
 Take all assignments seriously and complete
them. We designed them to help you not
only for IB, but for college.
Classroom Activities
 Class discussion
 Large group
 Small group
 Lit logs
 Focus on personal literary response to technique
 Group projects
 Individual projects
 Color coding and other annotation techniques
Major Skills to be Developed
 Comparison
 Constantly look for links between works
 Hone writing skills to develop a smooth, coherent
comparative essay (avoid writing two mini essays)
 Commentary (written and oral)
 Take notes in your books (sticky notes if you don’t have
your own copies)
 Look at technique and its effect on the audience
 Get past summarizing
Technique, Technique, Technique!
 A literary technique or literary device is an identifiable
rule of thumb, convention or structure that is employed in
literature and storytelling.
 Literary techniques are important aspects of an author's
style, which is one of the five elements of fiction, along
with character, plot, setting and theme.
 Literary devices refer to specific aspects of literature, in
the sense of its universal function as an art form which
expresses ideas through language, which we can
recognize, identify, interpret and/or analyze.
Technique, Technique, Technique!
 Literary devices collectively comprise the art
form’s components; the means by which
authors create meaning through language,
and by which readers gain understanding of
and appreciation for their works. They also
provide a conceptual framework for
comparing individual literary works to others,
both within and across genres. Both literary
elements and literary techniques can rightly
be called literary devices.
Should You Worry?
 No!
 Everything you’ve done in English class at BTHS so
far has built up to this
 We’d still be doing the same thing even if we
weren’t in the IB Programme
 You’re going to do a fabulous job!